embayment
/ɪmˈbeɪmənt/noun
High School
1
A bay. (the water)
2
The shoreline of a bay, an indentation in a shoreline. (the land, not the water)
3
A topographical feature that used to be a bay, like the Mississippi embayment.
4
The process by which a bay is formed.
Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Rhymes
Words that share the same ending sound pattern
Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing